Ranchi, March 10 -- Panic gripped Ranchi civil court on Tuesday afternoon after an email threatened to blow up the building with 14 'cyanide bombs'. The threat, which cited a lack of justice as the motive, forced a suspension of court proceedings for several hours before being declared a hoax.

According to Kotwali DSP Prakash Soy, who led the response, sanitisation concluded around 2:30 PM after the Jharkhand Jaguar bomb disposal and dog squads comprehensively swept the premises.

"Despite a thorough search by the Jharkhand Jaguar bomb squad following the email claiming 14 'cyanide bombs' were planted, nothing suspicious was found," he said.

The latest scare is part of a series of hoax bomb threats targeting key government buildings in ...